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Meaning of "academic gown" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACADEMIC GOWN

academic gown  [ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ɡaʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACADEMIC GOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Academic gown is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACADEMIC GOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

academic gown

Academic dress

Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, primarily tertiary education, worn mainly by those who have been admitted to a university degree, or hold a status that entitles them to assume them. It is also known as academicals and, in the United States, as academic regalia. Contemporarily, it is commonly seen only at graduation ceremonies, but formerly academic dress was, and to a lesser degree in many ancient universities still is, worn daily. Today the ensembles are distinctive in some way to each institution, and generally consists of a gown with a separate hood, and usually a cap. Academic dress is also worn by members of certain learned societies and institutions as official dress.

Definition of academic gown in the English dictionary

The definition of academic gown in the dictionary is a loose garment like a very light coat with wide sleeves worn over a person's outer clothes and indicating academic status.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACADEMIC GOWN


ballgown
ˈbɔːlɡaʊn
bedgown
ˈbɛdˌɡaʊn
bluegown
ˈbluːˌɡaʊn
breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn
Bridgetown
ˈbrɪdʒˌtaʊn
brown
braʊn
clown
klaʊn
countdown
ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn
crown
kraʊn
disgown
dɪsˈɡaʊn
down
daʊn
downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
gown
ɡaʊn
nightgown
ˈnaɪtˌɡaʊn
out-of-town
ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn
Provincetown
ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn
shortgown
ˈʃɔːtˌɡaʊn
takedown
ˈteɪkdaʊn
town
taʊn
undergown
ˈʌndəˌɡaʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACADEMIC GOWN

acacia tree
Acad.
academe
academia
academic
academic advisor
academic dean
academic dress
academic rank
academic year
academical
academicalism
academically
academicals
academician
academicism
academies
academism
academist
academy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACADEMIC GOWN

ball gown
blown
bridal gown
dressing gown
evening gown
Geneva gown
go down
grown
known
low-down
Minister of the Crown
on one´s own
own
shown
stuff gown
tea gown
thrown
unknown
up and down
well-known

Synonyms and antonyms of academic gown in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «academic gown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACADEMIC GOWN

Find out the translation of academic gown to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of academic gown from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «academic gown» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

学术袍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vestido académico
570 millions of speakers

English

academic gown
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शैक्षिक गाउन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ثوب الأكاديمي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

академическая мантия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vestido académico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একাডেমিক গাউন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

toge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gaun akademik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

akademischen Kleid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アカデミックガウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

학술 가운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gaun akademik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

áo choàng học tập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல்வி கவுன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शैक्षणिक गाउन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Akademik önlük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abito accademico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

togi akademickie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

академічна мантія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rochie academic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακαδημαϊκό φόρεμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

akademiese toga
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

akademisk kappa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

akademisk kappe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of academic gown

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACADEMIC GOWN»

The term «academic gown» is used very little and occupies the 162.268 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACADEMIC GOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about academic gown

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QUOTES WITH «ACADEMIC GOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word academic gown.
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Simon Callow
My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACADEMIC GOWN»

Discover the use of academic gown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to academic gown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vestments for All Seasons
Geneva Gown This black academic gown is worn as a Protestant pulpit robe. The academic gown was adapted from the monastic habit because monasticism was the center of learning during the Middle Ages. In the sixteenth century John ...
Barbara Dee Baumgarten, 2002
2
Flip Dictionary
Coats/Overgarments gaberdine smock gymslip wrap skirt academic gown greatcoat smoking jacket harem skirt wraparound academic hood hacking jacket soutane hobble skirt academic robe haik spencer hoop skirt Hosiery afghan happi coat ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2002
3
Not Just Any Dress: Narratives of Memory, Body, and Identity
Narratives of Memory, Body, and Identity Sandra Weber, Claudia Mitchell. CHAPTER 12 Sandra Weber Curse You Descartes! My Academic Gown My academic gown usually hangs somewhere in the back of a closet — dusty, seldom used, ...
Sandra Weber, Claudia Mitchell, 2004
4
Encyclopedia of Protestantism: 4-volume Set
The academic gown emphasized the concern of the Reformation churches for an educated clergy who were capable of studying the Scriptures and church fathers in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Lutheran clergy did not at first give up wearing the ...
Hans J. Hillerbrand, Professor and Chair Department of Religion Hans J Hillerbrand, 2004
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University Bulletin: A Weekly Bulletin for the Staff of the ...
566 Hastings College of the Law 117 117 University totals: 7,557 1,989 579 10,125 New Doctoral Gown The Regents approved for recipients of doctoral degrees, as an alternative to the regular black academic gown, an official academic ...
University of California (System), 1961
6
Chaucer and Clothing: Clerical and Academic Costume in the ...
46 Apparently Whitmore assumed that this academic gown worn by three scholars would show its triple wear and be comparable in quality to the Clerk's courtepy; she does not qualify her judgment to account for the difference in style between ...
Laura Fulkerson Hodges, 2005
7
Essays, Comments, and Reviews
... Day and other formal occasions just before Commencement, and they have made this possible by the first paragraph under I. The Committee are of opinion that no officer who has already an academic gown provided under the vote of 1896, ...
William James, 1987
8
Register - University of California
The academic gown is closely related to the cope, a mantle of silk or other cloth worn by church dignitaries in processions, at solemn lauds, and on other similar occasions. In the famous Ellesmere MS Chaucer's clerk of Oxcnford appears in a  ...
University of California, Berkeley, 1949
9
Princeton Alumni Weekly
ARTHUR F. HINRICHSI-ZN 'I0 New York City Dodds Gown Dear Sir: DURING the last year or so President Dodds has appeared upon several occasions wearing an academic gown which seemed to me quite unique. It is different from any ...
10
An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly ...
Although liturgical use of the academic gown is now rare, the academic hood ( possibly with the tippet) is at times worn over the surplice for the Daily Office. Hooker, Richard (c. 1554—N0v. 2, 1600). Theologian and leading advocate of ...
Donald S. Armentrout, Robert Boak Slocum, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACADEMIC GOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term academic gown is used in the context of the following news items.
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Inklings of Immortality
... him outside the classroom: “He would dash off after Mass on his high-seated bicycle to the university, his academic gown trailing in the wind. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
2
People & Events
... Annabee Magbanua and Engineering dean Christopher Taclobos will don the academic gown upon the president; and Fr. William Villaflor, ... «Visayan Daily Star, Jun 15»
3
Cambridge college allows men to wear skirts at formal dinners
... and smart trousers with an academic gown, while women, who were first admitted to the college in 1979, have had to wear a skirt or a dress. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
In Sierra Leone, Graduating Under Ebola
This has been my dream all my life, to put on my academic gown and graduate. I am happy that I have finally got my certificate after waiting all ... «World Policy Institute, Jun 15»
5
MAN Rector Gets Doctorate Degree
Speaking after decorating Okpo with the regalia of academic gown and presentation of certificate, the representative of European American ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
6
Sierra Leone: In Sierra Leone, Graduating Under Ebola
This has been my dream all my life, to put on my academic gown and graduate. I am happy that I have finally got my certificate after waiting all ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
7
Six Nations woman dons ceremonial dress for Mac convocation
Christa, an award-winning scholar, did not wear an academic gown, though she was "hooded," in keeping with the university's convocation ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jun 15»
8
Why all this 'nautanki'?
What was the sanctity of an academic gown? How did this ritual start? What was its necessity and relevance today? I recalled what I had read ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
9
Wade Hampton and Estill high schools host graduations this week
Young ladies are encouraged to wear a dress or blouse and skirt with a hemline above that of their academic gown. Young men are to wear ... «Hampton County Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Frank R. Gunter: Why university faculty should attend graduation
It is right and fitting that every cowboy (the saddle) — and every professor (the academic gown and hood) — possess the unique marks of their ... «Allentown Morning Call, May 15»

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